Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

New Delhi: Global medical device maker Abbott has introduced the Navitor Vision in India, a state-of-the-art valve technology for treating symptomatic severe aortic stenosis in patients who face ...

I could feel this gurgle in my chest, from my lungs. You know when a kettle boils, that bubbling sound? That’s kind of what it was like.” ...

The left heart pump consists of the left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, and aorta. Its job is to pump oxygen-rich blood out to the body’s tissues. Blood returning to the heart ...

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Aortic stenosis (AS) was historically considered a disease of the left side of the heart, with the main pathophysiological impact being predominantly on the left ventricle (LV). However, progressive ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...